THANKSGIVING SERMON. 7 Almighty arm. If we fail to honor the God of heaven and earth; if our rulers, our warriors, our churches and their ministers lose sight of their dependence on Him; and if we boast of our wisdom, our martial prowess, and our wealth, we may well despair of the restored integrity and permanent peace and prosperity of our beloved land. The text specifies those things in which we may not glory and those in which we may glory. Let us advert, <. In the first place, to those national QUALIFICATIONS AND ATTAINMENTS IN WHICH WE MAY NOT GLORY. Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom. This was the marked characteristic of ancient Israel. With all their faults, they were among the wisest nations of the earth; their history, their laws, and institutions placed them upon an eminence far above the contemporaneous and surrounding nations. The superiority of ancient Greece and Rome over less intellectual and less cultivated lands, and the superiority of Great Britain and France over all the nations in the north of Europe, and the superiority of the American States over the Red Men of the forest, are to be
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